Trump Administration Embraces Word Used By White Nationalists

Story by Connor Greene

For months, the White House and federal agencies have drawn outrage from critics for social media posts promoting President Trump’s immigration agenda. Some of the posts deploy jokes or memes. Others use language or images seen as racist dog whistles. This week, the Department of Homeland Security drew pushback for a post that was just one word: remigrate.

The term, which has been embraced among Trump’s MAGA base, has a fraught history in Europe, where it has ties to white nationalism and has been seen as a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.

The short post on X was followed by a link to a government site promoting self-deportation.

Where “remigration” came from

The term “remigration” has traditionally been used in Europe to refer to the mass deportation of non-white immigrants. It has been used by right-winged politicians such as Austria’s Herbert Kickl and Germany’s Alice Weidel of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The term has also been popularized by the Austrian, millennial far-right influencer Martin Sellner.

“In Europe, it's an established part of the linguistic toolbox of white supremacy,” Nicholas J. Cull, a professor of communication at the University of Southern California, tells TIME.

The use of the term in Germany and Austria has been a trademark of recent anti-immigration campaigns. Protests across Germany were sparked last year after it was alleged that AfD party members and far-right Austrians were plotting to deport thousands of migrants, causing mass pro-democracy demonstrations.

'All N****s Must Hang': California Cop Who Spewed Racist Hate in Group Chat Finally Loses His Badge After Years of Protection

Story by Atlanta Black Star News

A California police officer accused of sending racist, homophobic texts that came to light in 2015 and embroiled his department in scandal will no longer be able to serve as a cop in the Golden State.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the California Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) permanently revoked the peace officer certification of former San Francisco police officer Michael Celis.

Celis was one of several of his police officers from the San Francisco Police Department who exchanged numerous messages containing racist sentiments and slurs aimed at Black, Hispanic, and gay people.

A federal fraud and conspiracy investigation into former police sergeant Ian Furminger yielded the discovery of thousands of texts that Furminger traded with other cops.

The group chat included multiple officers and civilians who belittled minority groups.

Several participants repeatedly used the phrase, “White power.”

One text read, “All n—s must (expletive) hang.”

Another message read, “Do you celebrate [Kwanzaa] at your school?” to which someone replied, “Yeah, we burn the cross on the field. Then we celebrate Whitemas.”

‘Bad Apples’: Two Rogue Louisiana Cops Fired After Beating Black Men and Throwing a Teen Girl to the Ground in 24 Hours of Pure Lawless Rage

Posted By Jill Jordan Sieder

Two Alexandria, Louisiana, police officers deemed “bad apples” by the police chief were arrested by state police for malfeasance in office after allegedly using excessive force and violating other constitutional rights of citizens in three separate incidents in July caught on police bodycam vidqeo.

The former officers, Austin Butler, 38, and Dylan Tritle, 32, were put on administrative leave by Alexandria Police Chief Chad Gremillion immediately after the department’s internal reporting system flagged the incidents for review on July 29.

At a press briefing on Aug. 20, Gremillion and Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy expressed their disgust as they showed the police video and further described what happened in each violent encounter between the two cops and three people they physically abused in a 24-hour period beginning on July 27.

In the first incident captured on video, the officers arrived at a local extended-stay motel after responding to a disturbance call about a “resident” playing music too loudly. They knock on a door, and a Black man emerges, and after expressing some frustration, he complies with their request to gather his belongings and leave the motel.

As the man, with an armful of his stuff, carefully exits through the front door he lightly brushes against the officer who is standing in the doorway. A moment later that officer turns and roughly grabs the man in the hallway, causing him to drop all of his property. As he further assaults and cuffs the startled man, the officer accuses him of “battery.”